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Slightly fewer goods were transported by lorries in 2021 than in the previous year

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release | Goods transport by road 2021

According to Statistics Finland, lorries transported 255 million tonnes of goods in domestic transport in 2021, which was two per cent lower than in the year before. The transport performance, in turn, decreased by one per cent and amounted to 27.6 billion tonne-kilometres. The volume of transported goods has decreased evenly since 2018.

Key selections

  • Both the volume of transported goods and the transport performance decreased slightly in 2021 compared with the previous year.
  • The volume of goods in domestic transport has decreased evenly since 2018.
  • Nearly 40 per cent of the annual volume of goods were transported with vehicle combinations with a total weight of over 68 tonnes.

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Volume of goods, vehicle mileage and transport performance of domestic road transport by year 2011-2021

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Volume of goods, vehicle mileage and transport performance of domestic road transport by year 2011-2021

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    Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Goods transport by road [online publication].
    Reference period: 2021. ISSN=2342-3617. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 23.12.2024].
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